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- THE SPELLING CHECKER
-
- New York Word has the ability to run a spelling checker through
- your document, and to flag word which are potentially misspelled. You
- can also have an auxillary dictionary which contains words that the
- spelling checker thinks are misspelled but which really aren't.
-
- The spelling checker is comprised of several files. These files
- are
- SPELL.EXE - the executable spelling checker program
- NYWORD.DCT - the specially encoded dictionary
- GETWORD.EXE - a program needed by the spelling checker to
- extract each word from your document.
- NYWDICT.AUX - auxillary dictionary created by the user or
- by the spelling checker.
-
- When you install NYWord, these files should be in a subdirectory
- which is in your DOS search PATH.
-
- To invoke the spelling checker, press the <SPECIAL FUNCTIONS>
- command (the ALT S key). Then press 'S' to choose to spelling
- function. NYWord will then write the current contents of your document
- to a temporary file, and will run the GETWORD program on this temp
- file. The GETWORD program extracts each word from the temporary file.
-
- Another temporary file is built which contains a list of all the
- word found in your document. The SPELL program is then run on this
- list of words, and a list of potentially misspelled words is
- accumulated.
-
- For each potentially misspelled word, NYWord will show the word
- and where it appears in your document. You are asked if the word is
- really misspelled. If you respond 'N', then NYWord will ask you if you
- want to add the word to your auxillary dictionary. For instance, a
- word like IBM may not really be misspelled, and may be a candidate for
- your auxillary dictionary. If a word is added to the auxillary
- dictionary, then the spelling checker will ignore it for the rest of
- the session.
-
- If the word is really misspelled, and you respond 'Y' to the
- prompt, then you are asked to type in the new spelling. Then, NYWord
- asks you if you want to substitute the new word. This part of the user
- interface is really driven by the <SUBSTITUTE> command, and you should
- read the chapter on "Searching and Substituting Text" if you are not
- familiar with it.
-
- You may add words at any time to your auxillary dictionary. The
- dictionary is called "NYWDICT.AUX". Each word should be on a separate
- line, ended by a carriage return. Even though the list of word does
- not have to be sorted, you may want to sort it (using the DOS SORT
- command) for better maintainability.
-
- New York Word also has a limited spelling corrector. If you tell
- NYWord that a word is misspelled, then it will ask you if you would
- like possible corrections listed. If you reply 'Y', then NYWord will
- take a little while and will search through its dictionary to locate
- possible corrections.
-
-
- LIMITATIONS
-
- With the current version of NYWord, the main dictionary and the
- auxilary dictionary should be on your current directory. If user
- feedback dictates, this limitation will be dropped in future versions.
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